The White Sox informed reporters (including Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times) that they’ve inked infielder Andre Lipcius to a minor league contract. He’ll get a non-roster invitation to MLB Spring Training.
Lipcius returns to the AL Central, where he’s spent the majority of his career. The Tigers selected him in the third round of the 2019 draft. The Tennessee product reached the majors with Detroit at the end of the ’23 campaign. He hit .286/.342/.400 in a 13-game sample. The Tigers squeezed him off the 40-man roster last winter. They traded him to the Dodgers, who outrighted him just before Opening Day.
The righty-hitting Lipcius spent the entire season with the Dodgers’ top affiliate in Oklahoma City. He had a solid season, hitting 25 homers with a .271/.351/.458 slash while appearing in 140 games. He drew walks at a strong 10.7% clip while striking out at a league average 22.8% rate. The Dodgers never called him up, so he elected minor league free agency at the end of the season.
While Lipcius has limited MLB experience, he’s a sensible depth target for the White Sox. He carries a .276/.360/.444 slash line in more than 1200 Triple-A plate appearances. Lipcius doesn’t make a ton of hard contact — this year’s home run tally was certainly aided by playing in the Pacific Coast League — but he has good strike zone discipline. A third baseman in college and for most of his time in the Detroit system, he played mostly first base with OKC. He has some experience at second base as well.
The Sox tendered Andrew Vaughn an arbitration contract, meaning he’s likely to remain the starting first baseman. Miguel Vargas is the projected third baseman, though he didn’t hit at all after coming over from the Dodgers in the Michael Kopech/Erick Fedde deadline deal. Glove-first utilityman Lenyn Sosa might get first look at the keystone. There’s a clear opportunity for Lipcius to hit his way into the mix during Spring Training.
haha doesn’t matter
The Sox are great at signing every “almost major leaguer.”
They actually signed someone who hit over .200 in the majors? Small sample but still looks good.
Basically they are a minor league team. Word to the wise, you can often see a game at The Rate for minor league prices, maybe less.
watchingthefray: And even then. Reinsdorf lowered ticket prices to $15 this year and still couldn’t get anyone in the park.
Mr. Reinsdorf please sell the team. Terrible brand of baseball from ownership to low minors. Ask the Southside
Facts, especially when ones recalls that the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers lost the Carolina League Championship to the Fredericksburg Nationals, and please do not get me started on the Burmingham Barons 2024 season.
Ramos, Vargas and Lipcius should have a good spring training battle for 3B.
If by “good” you mean that no decent player will be playing there then, yes.
The Sox will be over .500 in 2026… and you will still be an ignoramus.
You know nothing about baseball or the White Sox if you think the Sox will have a winning record in 2026.
I’ve forgotten more about baseball than you will ever know. Go back to thinking that scouting is about looking at numbers on paper.
A strong contender for the lone White Sox 2025 All-Star representative.
That is a good poll question for AS rep. My wild guess is recent rule 5 pickup Shane Smith they got from the Brewers.
He’s going to avenge his abrupt and untimely demise with the Tiggers like Ken driving the steamroller towards Otto at the end of Fish Called Wanda. “Revenge for Wanda!”
Tigers fan here. Thumbs up. Not hoping for revenge, but it seems like discarded players tend to come back to haunt their former team. Or more likely, we just remember the occasions when it happens.
Maybe room for Baddoo too (ryhme)
Big day for Getz. I wonder if he gets on the ground so he can find these bottom feeders.
The owners at the company I work for are season ticket holders, and one of them was talking to my boss and I saying how the prices went up for 2025. We were all in agreement that Jerry had some brass balls for making that move.
Hey those Campfire milk shakes cost $ – have you seen the price of cocoa lately?
This is a great move. They should sign/ trade for 20-25 of others teams rejects. At least 15 players making the team need to be new replacement players and stash the others signed or gotten in trades in AA/AAA. The product on the field the last two years was mostly lifeless garbage. Just going thru the motions. They have some minor league players that will be ready soon. Another losing season but am expecting to see effort now.
Wait, isn’t that the imdb plot exposition of Major League (1989)
Fred’s grandson?
Again with the player being dismissed because he “doesn’t make a lot of hard contact.” What goes with that seems to be a higher batting average. Look at the slash line. I couldn’t care less about how hard he hits the ball, if he’s able to get that result.
OMG they’re going to be worse next year than this year. If Robert stays halfway healthy, he’ll be moved. Why am I still a fan?
Sorry, dude. It’s a tough disease. I know.
Having seen an Exodus of major league talent, the White Sox have decided to crunch some Numbers, which led them to the signing of their very own Leviticius. A real Testament to doing it Old school.
Lipicius. Wasn’t he one of the doofus emperor brothers that badass schemer Denzel targeted in Gladiator II?
“Glove-first utilityman Lenyn Sosa???” He’s bad defensively. Sox are keeping him around because he’s hit well at AAA and they’re hoping to tap into some of that potential.
Finally! I was hoping someone would pick up on that comment. Of all the things one could call Sosa, “glove first” ain’t it! And there should’ve been a mention of Bryan Ramos for the 3B job.
As for 2B, I think it’ll be a battle between Brooks Baldwin and newly acquired Chase Meidroth.
In fairness, you can’t expect national baseball writers to know all about the enormous trail of insignificant White Sox players.
True, but I had to comment because reality is precisely the opposite as what was claimed. He’s bat-first. He’s bad at everything else. Laughably bad.
I wish this guy all the luck in the world. I hope he gets some playing time and carves out a MLB career for himself.
Tigers fan here…..Good Luck to him….he hit a homer his 1st MLB AB, and seems like he has SOME potential….I’ll be keeping an eye on him come spring training.
If it wasn’t for the city of Chicago, this franchise would be sold. Reinsdorf has eliminated any long term debt and identity of the team, has a better than average MLB pipeline. Problem will always be stadium and the city. If MLB was to approve the possibility of moving this franchise it would be sold in a minute.
Lenny Sosa is definitely not
a glove first ball player